Hey All.
Name is Mac, brother to 2 Liter Turbo.
Hoping you guys can maybe lend some insight and potential knowledge about R32 Skylines. I am looking to purchase one and went to look at two today. Both are 1992 & located in London. I am stationed north of London and plan on being here till December of 2017.
I looked at the first one (
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/ ... ee/3199510) and absolutely loved it. It has 48K miles on it (saw the Export Certificate and mileages matches)It is pretty darn clean minus a few small nicks, but hey, its a 1992 car. It looks to be 100% stock minus the exhaust with I like. Hell, it even has the Chassis Number etched on the glass. Converting price puts it in the $21K ballpark, shipped to my door, about 2.5 hours north of London, as I would have to unfortunately pay in pounds.
Now, where things get interesting is this second car. (
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/ ... st/4216484) Now, this car claims to be a N1 Spec Tribute, with only 22K Miles.
. I have done a few searches and I cannot find anything about "Tribute" cars. The guy claims this is how he bought the car in Japan exactly like this with the N1 (24U) stamped block, turbos and everything. Car doesn't have the rear wiper, but has AC/ABS/Trunk Carpet, unlike a true N1. This car clearly has more work done to it, as the ECU has been re-flashed, upgraded injectors plus a few others things. Bodywork isn't as clean, and the dash was converted over to Miles, no longer showing Kilometers. This car is the same price as the one above, more goodies, but bodywork not as clean.
So in essence, I am A: Wondering if anyone knows about this "N1 Tribute" as I don't want to risk paying and importing a car just to find out it isn't "Originally Un-Modified" and B: Any input on price, condition, or something I might have missed, etc? I took a flash light with me and looked over both cars pretty well, and didn't find any rust on either car, so cosmetic work is mostly just paint.
I have included the Chassis Plate for the 2nd R32, that shows it's not a ZN or AA, but an MA. It's a bit hard to read, but you if you tilt your head enough times, you can read all the letters.
Thanks for any insight or help. :cheers